Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology Vol.5 Issue.1

Doi:10.35365/ctjpp.23.1.06

RESEARCH ARTICLE / ARAŞTIRMA YAZISI

The Role of Expressing Feelings in the Relationship between Dissociative Findings and Rumination in Late Adolescence

Son Ergenlik Döneminde Dissosiyatif Bulgular ile Ruminasyon Arasındaki İlişkide Duyguları İfade Etmenin Rolü

Afranur Özgönül1 Z. Deniz Aktan2 İpek Ülkümen3

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the mediating role of expressing feelings on the relationship between dissociative findings and rumination levels of individuals in the late adolescence period. The study included 502 people between the age of 18-24. The data were collected through the Sociodemographic Information Form, Dissociation Questionnaire (DIS-Q), Ruminative Thought Style Questionnaire and Emotional Expression Questionnaire. According to the findings obtained from the study, as the rumination levels of the individuals in the late adolescent period increased, the level of expressing their feelings decreased and the dissociation levels increased; it was observed that as the expression levels of emotions decreased, the dissociation levels increased. It was found that expressing feelings had a partial mediator effect on the relationship between dissociative findings and rumination levels of individuals in the late adolescent period. It is thought that our study contributed to the literature in terms of examining these variables in a limited number of previous studies.

Keywords: Dissociation, Rumination, Emotions, Late adolescence

1MSc, Işık University, Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, İstanbul -Turkey, [email protected], Orcid ID: 0000-0002-6822-3847

2PhD, Işık University, Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, İstanbul -Turkey, [email protected], Orcid ID: 0000-0003-1757-2024

3MSc, Işık University, Faculty of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, İstanbul -Turkey, [email protected], Orcid ID: 0000-0001-8765-301X

Address of Correspondence/Yazışma Adresi: Department of Psychology, Işık University, Department of Psychology, İstanbul -Turkey, E-mail: [email protected]

Date of Received/Geliş Tarihi: 13.03.2022, Date of Revision/Düzeltme Tarihi: 30.08.2022, Date of Acceptance/Kabul Tarihi: 27.09.2022, Date of Online Publication/Çevirimiçi Yayın Tarihi: 06.03.2023

Citing/Referans Gösterimi: Özgönül, A., Aktan, D. Z. & Ülkümen, İ. (2022). The Role of Expressing Feelings in the Relationship between Dissociative Findings and Rumination in Late Adolescence, Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology, 5(1): 50-57

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